Japan's private-sector rice imports rocketed higher in May as the country grapples with supply shortages that have become a ...

Prices of a five-kg bag of rice in supermarkets have dipped below 4,000 yen, the lowest in about two months. The shortage ...

TOKYO -- Rice imports by Japanese companies shot up in May, government trade data shows, as retailers and restaurants try to cope with elevated domestic prices.

Japan's rice prices have doubled in a year, straining households and fueling political tension ahead of key elections ...

Japan is not often considered to be a nation of unrest. But it takes rice seriously. Eto Taku, the country’s agriculture ...

Japan’s furor over rising rice prices is a reminder that state security is built on food.

It has stayed put despite headline and core inflation running above its target of 2% since April 2022, and despite headline ...

TOKYO: Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has validated that around 30% of the rice auctioned from ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had aimed to push down rice prices to the ¥3,000-¥4,000 range by as early as mid-June.

Under a "minimum access" agreement within the World Trade Organization, Japan has an 770,000-ton tariff-free import quota for ...

The average price of rice in Japan fell below 4,000 yen (US$27) per five kilograms (kg) for the first time in around three ...

The average price of rice in Japan fell below 4,000 yen ($27) per 5 kilograms for the first time in around three and a half ...